- #1 Lords of Ravage
97% matchMixed69% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: Synthetic DomainPub: 101XP
Windows · Linux
Become the Final Boss! Play any way you want, combine followers from different factions, and win spectacular turn-based battles. Expand your Empire of Darkness and seek a powerful artifact that can change the fate of the world.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 33.5%, Base Building 16.2%, Procedural Generation 12.8%, Open World 12.1%, Building 12%
Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, this title puts you in the role of the villain, focusing on tactical combat and managing your own dark forces.
- #2 Kenshi
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 115,920 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 71.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 15.9%, Base Building 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Sandbox 11.6%, Building 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A premier sandbox experience that offers unparalleled freedom to play as a ruthless scavenger or warlord in a brutal, post-apocalyptic wasteland.
- #3 Dead State: Reanimated
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,562 reviews2014
Dev: DoubleBear Productions
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, RPG 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Strategy 11.6%, Open World 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival RPG that forces you to manage a group of survivors and make difficult moral choices in a zombie-infested world.
- #4 Battle Brothers
95% matchVery Positive88% of 28,621 reviews2017
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 94.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
Why similar: Sandbox 37%, Open World 32.6%, RPG 15.7%, Strategy 14.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the management of a mercenary band in a gritty, low-fantasy world, mirroring the raider-management mechanics of the seed game.
- #5 NEO Scavenger
94% matchVery Positive90% of 5,410 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.9%, Procedural Generation 13.8%, Crafting 13.6%, Sandbox 11.3%, Open World 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game that captures the desperate, scavenging-focused feel of life in a ruined world through turn-based mechanics.
- #6 Vigilantes
94% matchVery Positive81% of 306 reviews2018
Dev: Timeslip Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Vigilantes is a combat focused, turn-based tactical RPG set in the crime riddled city of Reiker. The game offers hardcore squad-level combat in a gritty neo-noir setting, intel gathering through surveillance and interrogation, a detailed character system, base facilities, crafting, and more.
Why similar: CRPG 26.6%, Tactical RPG 19.8%, Strategy RPG 13.6%, Isometric 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical RPG that deals with crime and management, sharing the gritty, grounded feel of the seed game.
- #7 Urtuk: The Desolation
93% matchVery Positive88% of 2,535 reviews2021
Dev: David Kaleta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Urtuk is an open world, tactical turn-based RPG in a low-fantasy setting. Guide your band of adventurers through the ruins of an ancient world. Recruit new followers, loot the corpses of your fallen foes, and do your best to survive in this harsh and unforgiving realm.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 32.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Procedural Generation 14%, Strategy RPG 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that focuses on managing a group of outcasts in a harsh, dying world with deep turn-based combat.
- #8 UnderRail
92% matchVery Positive86% of 7,229 reviews2015
Dev: Stygian Software
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.
Why similar: CRPG 29.9%, Isometric 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 20.1%, RPG 11.6%, Open World 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric CRPG that provides complex tactical combat and a dark, claustrophobic post-apocalyptic setting.
- #9 Dust to the End
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,262 reviews2021
Dev: Haojoy GamePub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Nuclear war ended human civilization, but it could never uproot the evil within our hearts. Fight, trade, negotiate, raid– do whatever it takes to survive in the wasteland. You will have to be as clever as ruthless to thrive in a broken world, torn by war, cruelty, hunger and slavery.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 18.9%, Strategy RPG 14.9%, Base Building 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic trading and management game that emphasizes survival and resource gathering in a dangerous open world.
- #10 Wasteland 3
91% matchVery Positive85% of 22,342 reviews2020
Dev: inXile Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
Why similar: CRPG 29.8%, Tactical RPG 22.1%, Isometric 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Open World 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deep tactical RPG set in a frozen post-apocalyptic landscape that emphasizes squad management and choice-driven gameplay.
- #11 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
90% matchVery Positive81% of 2,264 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
Why similar: Base Building 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Sandbox 11.3%, Building 8.1%, Open World 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on base-building and managing a group of survivors while defending against demonic threats in a ruined world.
- #12 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
89% matchVery Positive86% of 2,047 reviews2015
Dev: Northway Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
Why similar: Base Building 17%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Building 13.3%, Sandbox 13%
Why You'll Like It: Combines colony management with strategy as you reclaim territory from zombies and rival factions in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #13 Urban Strife
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 666 reviews2026
Dev: White Pond GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.
Why similar: Base Building 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Strategy RPG 14.4%, Isometric 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical survival game that focuses on base management and turn-based combat against both zombies and human factions.
- #14 Sheltered 2
88% matchMixed45% of 2,215 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.4%, Base Building 22.3%, Building 12.1%, Management 11.3%, Strategy RPG 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy survival game that requires you to maintain a base and manage resources for a group of survivors in a hostile wasteland.
- #15 Fallen: A2P Protocol
89% matchMostly Negative38% of 226 reviews2015
Dev: Red Katana
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A post-apocalyptic, turn based, tactical combat and strategy game where you lead your caravan on a quest for revenge.
Why similar: CRPG 17.3%, Tactical RPG 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Isometric 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world where you manage a squad and engage in turn-based combat.
- #16 Depth of Extinction
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 209 reviews2018
Dev: HOF Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements
Why similar: Tactical RPG 26.1%, CRPG 16.2%, Strategy RPG 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical RPG featuring squad management and roguelite elements in a flooded, post-apocalyptic future.
- #17 Jagged Alliance 3
84% matchVery Positive89% of 14,785 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 28.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.7%, Strategy RPG 16.1%, Isometric 14.1%, Strategy 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep mercenary management and tactical turn-based combat that captures the feel of leading a specialized squad.
- #18 Ruin Raiders
86% matchMixed67% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: OverPowered TeamPub: indie.io
Windows
Ruin Raiders is a turn-based tactical roguelike where you command customizable squads on a one-way journey into the ruins of an ancient civilization. Master turn-based combat, craft new technologies, and dive into ever-changing ruins to unveil the past!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 30.1%, Post-apocalyptic 27.8%, Procedural Generation 20.6%, RPG 11.3%, Strategy 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based roguelite that emphasizes squad tactics and exploration in a dangerous, ruined environment.
- #19 RimWorld
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 245,287 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.6 hrsMean: 266.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Base Building 23.9%, Tactical RPG 17%, Sandbox 13.2%, Management 12%, Building 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox colony simulator that allows you to play as a band of raiders, managing their needs and defending against the world.
- #20 Xenonauts
85% matchVery Positive87% of 5,065 reviews2014
Dev: Goldhawk Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.7% ★, Base Building 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Isometric 12.4%, Management 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that requires careful base management and tactical combat to survive an overwhelming threat.
- #21 Tyranny
84% matchVery Positive87% of 13,315 reviews2016
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.
Why similar: CRPG 46.5%, Isometric 27.8%, RPG 18.9%, Open World 5.2%, Strategy 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: A CRPG where you play as an officer of an evil empire, focusing on the consequences of your choices and strategic management.
- #22 Stoneshard
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 35,466 reviews2020
Dev: Ink Stains GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.
Why similar: RPG 26.8%, Procedural Generation 23.2%, Sandbox 19.1%, Strategy 13.2%, Open World 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging, turn-based tactical RPG that captures the gritty, unforgiving nature of survival in a hostile world.
- #23 Project Zomboid
81% matchVery Positive94% of 475,049 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 87.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Open World 22.6%, Sandbox 19.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Building 12.4%, Isometric 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: The ultimate survival management game that forces you to build a base and scavenge in a realistic, post-apocalyptic setting.
- #24 The Age of Decadence
82% matchVery Positive82% of 4,045 reviews2015
Dev: Iron Tower Studio
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.
Why similar: CRPG 34.2%, Tactical RPG 26.1%, Isometric 19.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, RPG 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore CRPG set in a post-apocalyptic fantasy world where your choices dictate the survival of your faction.
- #25 Expeditions: Rome
80% matchVery Positive87% of 6,746 reviews2022
Dev: Logic ArtistsPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Determine the destiny of Rome as you conquer foreign lands and navigate political intrigue in this turn-based RPG. Directly fight with your party of Praetorians, guide your legion to victory, and choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. How will you shape the future of Rome?
Why similar: CRPG 33.3%, Tactical RPG 25.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, RPG 8.5%, Top-Down 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines squad management and tactical turn-based combat with a focus on leading a group through a dangerous campaign.
- #26 Hard West 2
79% matchVery Positive82% of 3,209 reviews2022
Dev: Ice Code GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 31.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.4%, Isometric 22.8%, RPG 8.8%, Strategy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical turn-based game with a dark, supernatural western theme that emphasizes squad-based combat.
- #27 Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,936 reviews2009
Dev: 14° EastPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Tactical Squad-Based Combat comes to the Fallout® Universe! You are the wretched refuse. You may be born from dirt, but we will forge you into steel. You will learn to bend; if not you, will you break. In these dark times, the Brotherhood - your Brotherhood - is all that stands between the rekindled flame of civilization and the howling,...
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.5%, Isometric 18%, Tactical RPG 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, RPG 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A squad-based tactical game set in the iconic Fallout universe, focusing on combat and mission management.
- #28 Silent Storm Gold Edition
79% matchVery Positive88% of 1,072 reviews2013
Dev: NivalPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Silent Storm from leading Russian developer Nival is a true 3D tactical turn-based Role-Playing-Game set against the backdrop of WWII. As the conflict rages on the frontlines, you’ll be leading a small multinational squad behind enemy lines to gather information and wreak havoc on your enemies while trying to thwart a mysterious new...
Why similar: Tactical RPG 38%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.3%, Strategy 16.2%, RPG 16.1%, Isometric 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic tactical game with fully destructible environments that rewards careful squad management.
- #29 Dust Raiders
77% matchMixed68% of 193 reviews2025
Dev: Vixa GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Dust Raiders is a management strategy game, set in a lawless wasteland. Upgrade your vehicles, engage in tactical fights against raiders hunting for your resources and gather a crew to rule the area.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.9%, 2.5D 20.8%, Economy 19%, Management 18%, Top-Down 11.2%
- #30 Jagged Alliance 2 - Wildfire
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,949 reviews2012
Dev: I-deal GamesPub: Topware Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Even if the regime is totally inept and corrupt, don't suppose for a moment that you as the liberator will be greeted with open arms.JAGGED ALLIANCE 2: WILDFIRE brings you back to Arulco. The population is being terrorized by a reckless army; in the meantime the main export goods are drugs.
Why similar: Strategy 60.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Isometric 10.4%, Tactical RPG 10.4%, RPG 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic tactical management game where you lead a mercenary squad, perfect for fans of squad-based strategy.
- #31 Empires in Ruins
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 145 reviews2021
Dev: Hammer & Ravens
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The bastard child of Grand Strategy and Tower Defense, with a black humor infused plot, set in a grim, disillusioned world. Quell the rebellion, tame the Western Marches, disobey your orders and save your brandy. Not strictly in this order.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.5% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Sandbox 11.3%, Isometric 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%
- #32 Post-Apo Builder
77% matchMixed43% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Septarian GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Build your own city in a post-apocalyptic future. Scavenge and fight for resources, everything counts! Restore civilization on the ashes of the fallen world! Explore wastelands to gather resources, protect and take care of your people! Fight off raiders, wild tribesman and natural disasters.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Base Building 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Building 12.6%, Sandbox 12.2%
- #33 First Feudal
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 644 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Why similar: Base Building 19.7%, Building 14.9%, Sandbox 11.5%, Management 11%, Crafting 10.6%
- #34 Vagrus - The Riven Realms
74% matchVery Positive85% of 1,858 reviews2021
Dev: Lost Pilgrims StudioPub: Lost Pilgrims Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Lead a traveling company through a harsh, unforgiving world where survival is never guaranteed in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.
Why similar: CRPG 28.9%, Strategy RPG 21.2%, Open World 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%
- #35 The Last Haven
75% matchMixed61% of 1,535 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.
Why similar: Base Building 31.8%, Post-apocalyptic 23%, Strategy 13%, Building 11%, Open World 8.5%
- #36 City of Gangsters
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,559 reviews2021
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
In this management tycoon game, you’ll start a criminal operation from nothing and grow it into a well-oiled money machine! Build speakeasies and illegal distilleries. Manage production chains and resource distribution. Leverage favors, chase down debtors, and bribe the police to look the other way.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, Management 17.1%, Economy 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Procedural Generation 11.6%
- #37 Z Dawn
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 292 reviews2019
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Building 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Crafting 12.3%
- #38 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
72% matchVery Positive81% of 380 reviews2025
Dev: Mr.Lordy
Windows
In the medieval era, assume the role of a lord and engage with other lords,develop fiefdoms, and employ strategies involving intrigue, warfare, and plunder. Expand your territory and strengthen your house lineage Or, be a god, manipulate the world? This game primarily strategic role-playing elements
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.6% ★, CRPG 14.6%, Strategy RPG 13.1%, Tactical RPG 11.3%, Management 9.3%
- #39 Corsair Cove
70% matchVery Positive86% of 3,074 reviews2026
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.2% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Building 11.5%, Economy 10.8%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #40 Oxygen
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 902 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: Base Building 20.6%, Sandbox 14.4%, Building 13.2%, Economy 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%
- #41 Rogue State Revolution
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 542 reviews2021
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.Pub: Modern Wolf
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Greetings your Excellency. Time to rebuild, reform and prepare for new challenges in the People's Republic of Basenji. In this thrilling political strategy, you will appoint ministers and lead the country to success. Be careful — you may find yourself replaced in the next election.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 35.2% ★, Sandbox 18.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Economy 12.4%, Management 12.3%
- #42 Surviving the Aftermath
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,570 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.3%, Base Building 22.3%, Strategy 12.6%, Building 11.5%, Management 8.7%
- #43 Cartel Tycoon
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,802 reviews2022
Dev: Moon MoosePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.
Why similar: Base Building 18.1%, Building 14.9%, Management 14.8%, Sandbox 14.6%, Economy 14.4%
- #44 Revival: Recolonization
71% matchMixed69% of 425 reviews2024
Dev: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Set in a post-apoc version of Earth, Revival is a 4x strategy game where the world and its rules can change at key moments, creating a deep and highly replayable experience.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 41.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Economy 16.1%, Management 11.9%, Strategy 6.7%
- #45 Waste Walkers
73% matchVery Positive81% of 217 reviews2015
Dev: Corrosive Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Waste Walkers is a gritty post-apocalyptic role playing game that allows players to discover the horrors of the apocalypse through a harsh struggle for survival.
Why similar: CRPG 28.5%, Base Building 16.1%, Sandbox 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Open World 12.4%
- #46 Ascent of Ashes
69% matchMixed70% of 303 reviews2025
Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
Why similar: Base Building 18.1%, Strategy RPG 15.5%, Isometric 13.6%, Building 13.3%, Management 12.1%
- #47 Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,794 reviews2021
Dev: Dark Crystal GamesPub: Prime Matter
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.
Why similar: CRPG 40.1%, Post-apocalyptic 20.5%, Isometric 16.9%, RPG 8%, Strategy 7.3%
- #48 Alder's Blood: Definitive Edition
72% matchMixed61% of 261 reviews2020
Dev: Shockwork GamesPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Alder's Blood is a tactical strategy game with stealth-based combat, RPG elements, crafting, resources gathering, and management, exploration, and a rich storyline. Set in a grim world, where mankind killed their God and is facing extinction.
Why similar: RPG 43.6%, Strategy 37.2%, 2D 19.2%
- #49 Badlands Crew - Drive, Command, Conquer
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,228 reviews2025
Dev: Runner DuckPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Create, customize and command your battle wagon to conquer crazed enemy factions and save innocent survivors scattered throughout the lawless Badlands in the aftermath of a devastating apocalypse. Do you have what it takes to Build, Evolve and Fight to survive?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.1%, Building 25%, Sandbox 20.4%, Open World 18.7%, Strategy 9.8%
- #50 Imagine Earth
69% matchVery Positive82% of 967 reviews2021
Dev: Serious Bros.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.6% ★, Base Building 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Sandbox 11.5%, Economy 10.4%
- #51 Edge Islands
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: LS Games
Windows
Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!
Why similar: Base Building 22%, Building 16.3%, Sandbox 13.6%, Management 12%, Tactical RPG 9.3%
- #52 ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game
68% matchVery Positive85% of 10,540 reviews2018
Dev: AtomTeam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.
Why similar: CRPG 33%, Isometric 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Sandbox 14.2%, Open World 8.9%
- #53 Forsaken Fortress Strategy
73% matchMostly Negative33% of 198 reviews2015
Dev: Photon ArenaPub: KISS ltd
Windows
Forsaken Fortress Strategy is a squad based, survival strategy game focused on base building and scavenging.
Why similar: RPG 51%, Strategy 49%
- #54 Void Marauders
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: Autarca
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead a band of space pirates and loot and pillage your way across the stars in this turn based tactical game!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 39.1%, Isometric 27.7%, Procedural Generation 20.8%, Strategy 12.3%
- #55 Dustland Delivery
65% matchVery Positive88% of 1,276 reviews2024
Dev: Neutron Star StudioPub: Lilith Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Dustland Delivery is a post-apocalyptic survival business simulator. Scour the wastes for profit, complete missions to grow your trading empire, and assemble a rag-tag band of adventurers to turn your city into the capital of the Dustlands. Danger lurks around every corner—but no risk, no reward!
Why similar: Management 18.6%, Sandbox 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Economy 15.4%, Building 14.4%
- #56 Project Afterfall
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: MuHa Games
Windows
Wake to a brutal world of Thea, bent on destroying your colony. Rebuild, Explore the Wastelands, and Gather scarce resources. Will you strike a deal with the ruthless Baba Yaga - or hack a rogue Cyber-Rat to turn it into an ally? A dark strategy-survival RPG with card-based tactical combat.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 36.7%, Post-apocalyptic 25.4%, Management 18%, RPG 11.7%, Strategy 8.3%
- #57 Escape The Mad Empire
65% matchVery Positive89% of 425 reviews2025
Dev: XperimentalZ Games
Windows
Escape the Mad Empire is a party-based, rogue-like dungeon crawler with intense and deeply tactical combat. Overcome the challenges as a band of heroes, and preserve their lives and sanity by managing resources and growing your base. Can you Escape the Mad Empire?
Why similar: CRPG 22.9%, Tactical RPG 19.4%, Strategy RPG 15.2%, Isometric 12.8%, Base Building 12.2%
- #58 Shadows of Forbidden Gods
66% matchVery Positive92% of 1,061 reviews2023
Dev: Bobby Two HandsPub: Forbidden Oak Games Limited
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Take on the role of a Dark Elder God and lead your agents to bring about an apocalypse in a fantasy world. Work in the shadows, avoiding the heroes who will try to stop you, as you bring about plague and famine, ice age and volcanic destruction, madness and never ending night.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 44.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.5%, Economy 12.8%, Top-Down 10.8%, Strategy 8.1%
- #59 Evolution of Ages: Settlements
68% matchVery Positive86% of 292 reviews2018
Dev: TREON Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Evolution of Ages is a game of managing resources in the ruins of our world. Recruit characters and level their skills and equipment from the stone age until the space age, while trying your best to avoid the very thing that led to our destruction previously.
Why similar: Base Building 26.8%, Management 22.5%, Crafting 18.3%, Strategy 16.3%, RPG 16.1%
- #60 Life in Bunker
70% matchMixed59% of 333 reviews2016
Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
You've been elected as the new Bunker Warden! Now you must take control over a group of fellow bunker residents and try to make them last until the surface becomes habitable.
Why similar: Base Building 29%, Sandbox 21%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Management 13.3%, Strategy 11.6%